Tara VanDerveer

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Tara VanDerveer is the Stanford University women's basketball coach for most of the past two decades. She has led her Stanford team, known as The Cardinal, to two NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championships in 1990 and 1992. She also served as the U.S. national team head coach at the 1996 Olympic Games. VanDerveer has been named the 2008 Pac-10 Coach of the year. She has won that award 9 times. She is also one of only seven NCAA Women's Basketball coaches to win at least 700 games.

VanDerveer was a standout player at Indiana University, and later coached at the Ohio State University. VanDerveer is also an avid piano player. She was born June 26, 1953. Her sister Heidi VanDerveer coached for several years with the WNBA's Minnesota Lynx and Seattle Storm. She now coaches at San Diego State.

Year	School	Record	Postseason

1978-79	Idaho	17-8	---
1979-80	Idaho	25-6	AIAW Championships
1980-81	Ohio State	17-15	---
1981-82	Ohio State	20-7	---
1982-83	Ohio State	23-5	---
1983-84	Ohio State	22-7	NCAA Tournament
1984-85	Ohio State	28-3	NCAA Elite 8
1985-86	Stanford	13-15	---
1986-87	Stanford	14-14	---
1987-88	Stanford	27-5	NCAA Sweet 16
1988-89	Stanford	28-3	NCAA Elite 8
1989-90	Stanford	32-1	NCAA Champions
1990-91	Stanford	26-6	NCAA Final Four
1991-92	Stanford	30-3	NCAA Champions
1992-93	Stanford	26-6	NCAA Sweet 16
1993-94	Stanford	25-6	NCAA Elite 8
1994-95	Stanford	30-3	NCAA Final Four
1995-96	Stanford	---	U.S. National Team and U.S. Olympic Team head coach
1996-97	Stanford	34-2	NCAA Final Four
1997-98	Stanford	21-6	NCAA First Round
1998-99	Stanford	18-12	NCAA First Round
1999-00	Stanford	21-9	NCAA Second Round
2000-01	Stanford	19-11	NCAA Second Round
2001-02	Stanford	32-3	NCAA Sweet 16
2002-03	Stanford	27-5	NCAA Second Round
2003-04	Stanford	27-7	NCAA Elite 8
2004-05	Stanford	32-3	NCAA Elite 8
2005-06	Stanford	26-8	NCAA Elite 8
2006-07	Stanford	29-5	NCAA Second Round
2007-08	Stanford	35-4	NCAA Championship